The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-30
ROUGH ON THE NEWS.
MIR. FERGUsON's REPLY
To Charges Against the State
Prohibition Executive Com
mittee.
DENTON, TEXu Aug. 2S, 1887

by me to the Dallas News on the 25th
inst, requesting them to publish
same; but they have ignored it and
the article to which it is reply being
so unjust desire you to publish the
article in your paper with this let
ter.
take their refusal to publish this
letter by the Dallas News to be al
acknowledgement that they have no
Author for the charges they have
made. and think it will be construed
that way by the thinking public.
Very truly,
III. G. FERGUSON.
DENTON, TEXAS, Aug. "a, 1887.
To the Dallas News.
In an editorial in your paper of the
Esd inst, under the head of "Bonner
for Governor, or Ross for Governor"
you mako statements and charges
against the state prohibition executive
committee which lately convened at
Waco, and being member of that
committee and at the meeting to
which / suppose you refer (Aug. ICY l
desire space in your paper to reply to
the article.
BY what authority do you say the
meeting was for the purpose of" "com-
promising internal discussions, con-
flicting interests and ambitious as
pirations
!. BY what authority do you say there
were Republicans and Greenbackers
in the meeting and who were they?
BY what authority do you say it
was decided that the conspirators
would attempt to carry the prohlbi-
ton fight into the Democratic camp
and seize the control of that party?
BY what authority do you say (by
ipuendo) that the assistance of Repub-
lican members has been secured to aid
in dividing the Democratic party?
BY what authority do you say (by
inuendo) that secret conclsve of
preachers, Republicans and hungry
Democratic fusionists are attempting
to abandon the open, honest and
straightforward methods of the
Democratic party and constitute
themselves the leaders who decide all
political matters with closed doors,
and demand and expect their orders
to be blindly followed?
BY what authority do you say an
arrangement for the division Of the
spoils (ofiices) was reached about the
hour the cock crowed thrice?
By what authority do you insinuate
that it was agreed that the State of
Texas should be divided and n little
Rhode Island carved out?
By what authority do you insinuate
that Knownothing crusade was
agreed upon2
BY what authority do you insinu-
ate that Col. Bonner was selected as
candidate for governor?
BY what authority do you say that
the claims of any man or party was
talked of or that any streaked and
spotted politicians were selected for
the judgeship?
BY what authority do you say ait
is very palpably the programme of
the late Waco caucus to destroy the
Democratic party?"
By what authority do you say Dem.
ocrats ARE traded upon as 80 many
party yedicrs for Bonner, Carroll,
Flanagan & Co. from this time for
ward?-that they are tagged as so
much political property of b. c. +.
& Co."
Did you not know when that article
was written that there was no foun-
dation in truth for it; or did you
really know nothing about the facts
and write the article with reckless
disregard for the truth3
Why is 1t that you do not deal with
this matter in light of truth and the